"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Governor Bush Signs Middle Grades Reform Act, Sends 250 Reading Coaches into Florida Middle Schools; (2) The Condition of Education: New Report Finds "Promise" but Need for Improvement in High Schools; (3) "KIDS COUNT": New Report Examines Disconnected High School-Aged Youth, the "Most At-Risk" Population; (4) Time for Some Action: What Policymakers Are Saying About the American High School; and (5) Do Graduation Tests Measure Up?: New Report Finds that High School Exit Exams Lack Rigor.